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名人轶事:Shirley Chisholm

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Broadcast: February 20, 2005

(((THEME)))

VOICE ONE:

I’m Gwen Outen.

VOICE TWO:

And I’m Doug Johnson with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we

tell about Shirley Chisholm. She was an educator, activist1 and politician.

(((THEME)))

VOICE ONE:

Shirley Chisholm is best known as the first black woman elected to United

States Congress and the first black woman to run for president of the United

States. However, her life was filled with much more than being the first

black woman to do important things. She believed in being a person to fight

for change. All her life, she worked to improve the lives of others.

(MUSIC)

VOICE TWO:

Shirley Anita Saint Hill was born in Brooklyn, New York in nineteen twenty-

four. She was the oldest of four daughters. Her father was a factory worker

from Guyana. He loved to read. Her mother was from the British West Indies

island of Barbados. She made clothes and cleaned other people’s houses.

Shirley’s parents had very little money. They wanted their daughters to get

a good education and to have a better life. When Shirley was three years old

her parents sent her and her sisters to live with their grandmother in

Barbados.

Shirley received a good education from the British school system. She enjoyed

the years she lived with her grandmother. Her family in Barbados was a

strong, organized group that believed in education. Shirley always remembered

the words her grandmother spoke2.

(((ACT. ONE:))) :14

“When I was reared in the British West Indies my grandmother used to always

tell me, you may not be loved by certain forces in a society and you have to

understand why. But always speak the truth.”

VOICE ONE:

In nineteen thirty-four Shirley moved back to Brooklyn. She was ten years

old. She continued to do very well in school. She later graduated from

Brooklyn College with honors. In nineteen forty-nine, she married Conrad

Chisholm who worked as a private investigator3. Together they took part in

local politics. Their marriage ended almost thirty years later.


As a young woman, Shirley decided4 to become a teacher. She believed she could

improve society by helping5 children. She worked for seven years at a child-

care center in the Harlem area of New York City. She attended Columbia

University at night and received an advanced degree in early childhood

education in nineteen fifty-two. She became known as an expert in children

and early education. From nineteen fifty-nine to nineteen sixty-four Shirley

Chisholm was an education official in the day care division of the city’s

office of child welfare.

(MUSIC)

VOICE TWO:

In ninety sixty-four Shirley Chisholm’s political career began. She was

elected to the New York State Assembly. She served for four years.

In nineteen sixty-eight she announced she would run for the United States

Congress. She was elected from the newly created Twelfth District of New York

City. She became the first black woman elected to Congress. She represented a

poor area of Brooklyn called Bedford-Stuyvesant.

In Congress, Miz Chisholm was assigned to the House Agriculture Committee.

She protested this assignment. She felt it was not important to the poor

people of the city that she represented. She was moved to the Veterans

Affairs Committee. She later served on the Education and Labor6 Committee, the

position she wanted. In nineteen seventy-seven she joined the important House

Rules Committee.
VOICE ONE:

Shirley Chisholm was very different from other members of Congress. She

looked different. Her hair was a big cloud of curls. She wore very large

eyeglasses. And she had dark skin.

She also spoke differently. She had developed a minor7 Caribbean accent while

living with her grandmother in Barbados. Her voice was strong. She spoke with

power. She said her greatest tool was her mouth. She was not afraid to say

the things others would not say before Congress and the public.

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1 activist gyAzO     
n.活动分子,积极分子
参考例句:
  • He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
  • He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。
2 spoke XryyC     
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
参考例句:
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
3 investigator zRQzo     
n.研究者,调查者,审查者
参考例句:
  • He was a special investigator for the FBI.他是联邦调查局的特别调查员。
  • The investigator was able to deduce the crime and find the criminal.调查者能够推出犯罪过程并锁定罪犯。
4 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
参考例句:
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
5 helping 2rGzDc     
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
参考例句:
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
6 labor P9Tzs     
n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦
参考例句:
  • We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
  • He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后,他已经疲惫不堪了。
7 minor e7fzR     
adj.较小(少)的,较次要的;n.辅修学科;vi.辅修
参考例句:
  • The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
  • I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。
8 caucus Nrozd     
n.秘密会议;干部会议;v.(参加)干部开会议
参考例句:
  • This multi-staged caucus takes several months.这个多级会议常常历时好几个月。
  • It kept the Democratic caucus from fragmenting.它也使得民主党的核心小组避免了土崩瓦解的危险。
9 nomination BHMxw     
n.提名,任命,提名权
参考例句:
  • John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
  • Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。
10 truthful OmpwN     
adj.真实的,说实话的,诚实的
参考例句:
  • You can count on him for a truthful report of the accident.你放心,他会对事故作出如实的报告的。
  • I don't think you are being entirely truthful.我认为你并没全讲真话。
11 exclusion 1hCzz     
n.拒绝,排除,排斥,远足,远途旅行
参考例句:
  • Don't revise a few topics to the exclusion of all others.不要修改少数论题以致排除所有其他的。
  • He plays golf to the exclusion of all other sports.他专打高尔夫球,其他运动一概不参加。
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